Late afternoon of Monday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
15:36 sāyāhna beginssunset 17:55
15:1215:3616:0016:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:24
0 of 139 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 2053
Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Tue 4 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 74 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 3 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 139 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 4 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
140 of 140 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 20:55 on Mon 3 Mar to 19:10 on Tue 4 Mar.
2053-03-03T18:54:42Z → 2053-03-04T17:09:48Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 15:36–17:55 on the 3rd, 15:36–17:56 on the 4th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 139 minutes on the 3rd and 140 of 140 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 4425 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Tuesday 4 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Cairo, 2053: Wednesday 5 March.
confidence: determinate
In Cairo, Holī 2053 falls on Wednesday 5 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Tuesday 4 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:55 on Mon 3 Mar to 19:10 on Tue 4 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 4th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 5 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 3rd | Covered | Sāyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:55 → 09:10 | 15:33 | 139 min | 15:33 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Chicago | 12:55 → 11:10 | 15:27 | 136 min | 15:28 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Jersey City | 13:55 → 12:10 | 15:33 | 137 min | 15:34 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 14:55 → 13:10 | 15:53 | 143 min | 15:53 | 0 min | 4 Mar |
| London | 18:55 → 17:10 | 15:32 | 0 min | 15:33 | 97 min | 5 Mar |
| Durban | 20:55 → 19:10 | 15:55 | 0 min | 15:54 | 151 min | 5 Mar |
| Dubai | 22:55 → 21:10 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:02 | 141 min | 5 Mar |
| Delhi | 00:25 → 22:40 | 16:03 | 0 min | 16:03 | 140 min | 5 Mar |
| Kolkata | 00:25 → 22:40 | 15:20 | 0 min | 15:20 | 141 min | 5 Mar |
| Singapore | 02:55 → 01:10 | 16:54 | 0 min | 16:54 | 145 min | 5 Mar |
| Sydney | 05:55 → 04:10 | 16:56 | 0 min | 16:55 | 152 min | 5 Mar |
| Suva | 06:55 → 05:10 | 16:01 | 0 min | 16:01 | 149 min | 5 Mar |